Cyber Crime

Pierluigi Paganini May 08, 2016
Liberty Reserve founder sentenced 20 years in jail

Arthur Budovsky, the co-founder of the online underworld bank Liberty Reserve, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for committing money laundering. Arthur Budovsky, the co-founder of the online underworld bank , was sentenced to 20 years in prison. The man had pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to commit money laundering. He was condemned […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 07, 2016
STUPID LOCKY! Hackers disrupted a Locky ransomware Campaing

Hackers have disrupted a Locky campaign after they compromised one of the cybercriminal servers used by the threat actors. According to the security expert Sven Carlsen from Avira, hackers have dismantled a Locky campaign by hacking the command and control server. Carlsen explained that threat actors behind the Locky campaign spread the threat via spam […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 07, 2016
Journey of a ‘Hacked Computer’ : From Torrents to Botnets

One out of every three websites were involved in transmitting malware to their users, which was found attached to their digital content. Suppose, there is a movie, released last month. You didn’t have the time to watch it in the theatre and you also want to save some money. What would you do? Go to […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 06, 2016
Swiss defense department victim of cyber espionage

The Swiss Defense Department was recently victim of a cyber attack, the offensive has come after a presentation on cyber espionage to the FIS. The Swiss Defense Department was recently a victim of a cyber attack, the offensive has come after a presentation on cyber espionage to the Federal Intelligence Service. The cyber attack was announced by […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 06, 2016
Robin Hood CyptMix ransomware promises to donate fee to charity

This is a novelty in the cyber criminal underground, crooks behind the new born CyptMix ransomware promise to donate the fee to charity. No doubts, a very creative idea to extort money to the victims enticing them to pay for a good cause and telling them to think to have the opportunity to help the children. […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 06, 2016
Guccifer admits the hack of Hillary Clinton ’s private email server

Marcel Lehel Lazar also known as Guccifer has admitted the hack of the Hillary Clinton ‘s private email server occurred in 2013. A Romanian hacker has claimed it was ‘easy’ to gain access to Hillary Clinton ’s email server.  Marcel Lehel Lazar, who goes by ‘Guccifer’, recently had a series of interviews with Fox and […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 05, 2016
How a modern car thief can steal a vehicle by clicking a button

The Channel 2 journalist and Consumer Investigator Jim Strickland investigated a mysterious car theft after he received home security camera footage showing a car thief in action. The Channel 2 journalist and Consumer Investigator Jim Strickland investigated a mysterious car theft after he received home security camera footage from a viewer in Walton County. It seems […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 05, 2016
272 Million login credentials found in the criminal underground

Hundreds of millions of hacked login credentials for email accounts and other websites are available in the Russian criminal underworld. Security researchers at the Hold Security firm have discovered a young Russian hacker claiming to have acquired 1.17 billion stolen credential records. Alex Hold, the founder and chief information security officer at Hold Security, explained he shocked when […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 04, 2016
Author of the Gozi Banking Trojan ordered to pay $7 Million

The author of the Gozi Banking Trojan who spent about 3 years in jail has been ordered to pay $7 Million to cover damages he caused to banks. Nikita Kuzmin, a 28-year-old Russian national who created the notorious Gozi banking Trojan, has been sentenced to time served and ordered to pay nearly $7 million. Recently […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 03, 2016
Qatar National Bank Declares Systems ‘Fully Secure’ Sequel To Cyber-attack

Following the recent security breach suffered by the Qatar National Bank has assured that its systems are “fully secure”. Sequel to a recent cyber-attack that led to a large chunk of files purportedly stolen from the financial institution’s systems being dumped online, Qatar National Bank has assured that its systems are “fully secure”. The bank […]